Report card · inspected May 2026
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
Safeguarding standards met
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What did Ofsted find?
Ofsted data to 30 September 2026| Area | Exceptional | Strong standard | Expected standard | Needs attention | Urgent improvement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inclusion | Strong standard | ||||
| Curriculum and teaching | Expected standard | ||||
| Achievement | Expected standard | ||||
| Attendance and behaviour | Expected standard | ||||
| Personal development and wellbeing | Strong standard | ||||
| Early years | Strong standard | ||||
| Post-16 provision | Does not apply to this school | ||||
| Leadership and governance | Strong standard | ||||
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
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About these grades
Ofsted's report cards (from November 2025) grade each area on five steps and give no overall grade. Earlier grades come from a different framework; Ofsted says the two cannot be compared, so they are never converted here. Ofsted: "We normally inspect schools every 4 years or at any time if we have concerns." Methodology.
How hard is it to get a place?
DfE · Sept 2026 entry90 applications · 47 places offered · 46 named it first
- 2026 1.9; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2025 2.8; Hertfordshire median median 2.6
- 2024 2.7; Hertfordshire median median 2.7
- This school
- Hertfordshire median
Reception applications for September 2027 close 15 January 2027, through your council
How this is measured
Applications per place: every application naming the school at any preference, divided by places offered on National Offer Day. It is not your chance of a place. Methodology.
| Entry | Places | Applications | Per place | First preferences | First-pref. ratio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 47 | 90 | 1.9 | 46 | 0.98 |
| Sep 2025 | 37 | 103 | 2.8 | 36 | 0.97 |
| Sep 2024 | 33 | 88 | 2.7 | 31 | 0.94 |
Schools nearby
The 8 nearest primary schools in a straight line, in any local authority
- Buntingford First SchoolThis schoolThis school20261.9applications per place
- 1.2 km · HertfordshireGood20232.1applications per place
- 1.4 km · Hertfordshire20264.0applications per place
- 3.3 km · HertfordshireGood20241.4applications per place
- 4.3 km · HertfordshireGraded · no overall grade20242.3applications per place
- 5.4 km · HertfordshireGood20232.6applications per place 56%met the SATs standard
- 5.7 km · Hertfordshire20266.5applications per place
- 5.8 km · HertfordshireGood20241.5applications per place
- 6.2 km · HertfordshireGood20224.0applications per place
- Exceptional
- Strong standard
- Expected standard
- Needs attention
- Urgent improvement
- Does not apply
Eight dots, one per area: inclusion, curriculum, achievement, attendance, personal development, early years, post-16, leadership. Colours follow Ofsted's report card scale; Schoolfile is independent of Ofsted.
School details
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- Primary
- URN · DfE number
- 149748 · 919/2121
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Capacity
- 330 pupils · 165 on roll
- Free school meals
- 18.1% of pupils (England median 23%)
- Nursery
- Has nursery classes
- Opened
- 1 September 2023
- Address
- London Road, Buntingford, SG9 9HZ
- Local authority
- Hertfordshire · East Hertfordshire
Data last changed 3 October 2026 · Report an error · Corrections · Sources